LETTERS: The Californian, April 21, 2010

In the early 1970s, I visited my family in Holland and was
introduced to a health care program for all people of that country.
It was designed for that country's needs. I had a chance to talk to
my family about the program and whether they were pleased with what
they had. I left Holland thinking that it would be great if our
country could someday have a health care plan that fit the needs of
our country.

Until the new plan that President Obama and the Democrats
passed, we had a very failing program. Now there is a start for
which we can grow from. I do not understand the opposition. Why are
they so passionate in not supporting the people of our country?
Both of my daughters are going with Marines scheduled to go to
Afghanistan the end of April. They are fighting for our country and
the good of its people.

Why do the Republicans and the conservatives want to go
backwards? Do they want us to live a life controlled by crooks who
want to take our simple civil liberties away? I don't get it.

I'm proud of all of the Democrats who stepped out and voted for
our country. Thank you so much.

Charlotte Diaz

Aguanga

Local hospitals under attack

People, wake up. Our local hospitals are under attack.
Facilities that we dearly need to care for our families and friends
are under siege. As a resident of this community for the past 20
years, I find the current situation an outrage.

Inland Valley has provided me and my family with excellent
life-saving care over the years. Recently discharged from Inland
Valley Hospital, I cannot believe the bashing the hospital is
receiving. My care upon arrival to the emergency room by the team
of doctors and nurses there was exceptional and saved my life.
After admission, my care was excellent.

The threatened removal of federal funding for these much-needed
institutions is ludicrous. I've heard that 50 percent of the
hospitals' income comes from federal funding. Medicare funding to
providers has already been reduced by more than 20 percent. Without
this money, the hospitals will be forced to close their emergency
rooms. And by closing these facilities, the hospital will go
bankrupt, resulting in the loss of many jobs and more important,
critical medical care for our families and community.

The nit-picking of the new emergency room facilities for faults
that don't even pertain to patient care sounds like a political
vendetta to me.

Barbara Ramey

Temecula

Editor's note:

The remaining letters that ran in today's Californian can be
found under the North County Times letters section at
www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/letters/.